Organizational Development Manager

Filetwigbay; Salem (OR); On-site; USD 98,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Affairs Institute in Salem, OR is seeking an Organizational Development Manager to bridge leadership and delivery. This role rewards what you’ve built—6 years of people management—with a salary range of $98,000 to $150,000 and a voice in strategy.

You’ll lead learning initiatives, mentor managers, and partner across teams to turn vague mandates into measurable outcomes. The firm emphasizes psychological safety, candid feedback, and a collaborative, results-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to mentor or support manager teammates.
• Comfort owning a variable metric that changes with your actions.
• A portfolio that demonstrates impact beyond résumés.
• Strong work ethic and project management skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail across deliverables.
• Cross-functional collaboration with engineers and marketers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver forever-learning results that align with broader business objectives.
• Catch the Communication regression a tired reviewer would miss.
• Turn a vague hybrid mandate into work Public Affairs Institute can measure.
• Partner sideways with teams who rarely sit in the same room.
• Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached.

Skills

People management

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Attention to detail

Work ethic

Portfolio management

Metrics ownership

Job description

Our general team at Public Affairs Institute has an Organizational Development Manager gap, and the right flexible hire turns that gap into our next advantage. The manager role rewards what you've built — 6 years of People Management — with $98,000 - $150,000 and a voice in Public Affairs Institute strategy.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver forever-learning results that align with broader business objectives
• Catch the Communication regression a tired reviewer would miss
• Turn a vague hybrid mandate into work Public Affairs Institute can measure
• Partner sideways with teams who rarely sit in the same room
• Surface risks early, loudly, and with a proposed fix attached

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support manager teammates
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• A portfolio that speaks louder than any line on your resume
• Enough Work Ethic to be dangerous, enough Project Management to be trusted
• Meticulous attention to detail across every deliverable
• Cross-functional ease, from People Management engineers to Multitasking marketers

Public Affairs Institute is a plainspoken Salem, OR firm where Innovation isn't a department but the entire reason the lights stay on. Psychological safety is something we actively build, so disagreeing in good faith is encouraged.

Beyond $98,000 - $150,000, Public Affairs Institute offers a generous benefits package and the chance to lead projects that build your skills.

Our hiring manager is personally reviewing every Organizational Development Manager application that comes in.